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{{Infobox console|title = PlayStation 4|logo = PS4.png|developer = [[File:PS4.pngCategory:Sony consoles|Sony]]|type = [[:Category:Consoles|Home video game console]]|generation = [[:Category:Eighth-generation_video_game_consoles|Eighth generation]]|release = 2013|thumbpredecessor = [[PlayStation 3 emulators|PlayStation 43]]|emulated = {{✗}}}}The '''PlayStation 4''' is an eighth-generation console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2013. Notably, it is the first PlayStation console to use the [https[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86 |x86]] architecture, making it easier to program for than the [[Playstation PlayStation 3 emulators|PlayStation 3]] while also having the same architecture as PCs.

Even though the PS4 does have an x86 CPU like normal PCs, it doesn't mean it'll be easy to emulate as the x86 instruction set is '''huge'''{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Operating System(s)! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|Active <ref!--! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]] -->{{cite web |-|Orbital|Windows, macOS, Linux| url= [https://web.archive.org/web/20130517194502/http://www.ngemugithub.com/forumsAlexAltea/showthread.php?t=132032 orbital Git]| title= Why is XBOX emulation premature?{{✓}}</ref!--|{{✗}} -->. However, nearly all of x86 instructions are well documented (though some other specifics aren't) so the possibility is there. Another thing is that there is currently no documentation on the GPU (a modified Radeon 7970M with disabled stream processors) used in the PS4's APU. While the console has been hacked, efforts are as of now preliminary and not to the point of being able to run backups or pirated games - please don't even ask about PoC emulators until it's hacked. All that said, don't expect any functional PS4 emulators for a very long time, like 10 years.|}

There is one emulator in development under ===Emulation issues===Even though the name "Orbital" PS4 has an x86 CPU like normal PCs, that can doesn't mean it'll be found here[easy to emulate as the x86 instruction set is '''huge'''.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://githubweb.archive.org/web/20130517194502/http://www.ngemu.com/AlexAlteaforums/orbital]showthread. It php?t=132032 | title= Why is XBOX emulation premature?}}</ref> However, nearly all of the x86 instructions are well documented (though some other specifics aren't) so the possibility is there. Another thing is that there is currently able to run no documentation on the GPU (a modified Radeon 7970M with disabled stream processors) used in the PS4's APU. While the Kernelconsole has been hacked, but is efforts are as of now preliminary and not yet ready to the point of being able to run backups or pirated games/software- please don't even ask about PoC emulators until it's hacked. All that said, don't expect any functional PS4 emulators for a very long time, at least 10 years or more.

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